Residents of Syria's eastern Ghouta district said they were waiting their “turn to die” on Wednesday, amid one of the most intense bombardments of the war by pro-government forces on the besieged, rebel-held enclave near Damascus. Source: Reuters | 2018/2/21 23:28:40

As Turkey is fighting hard for the Afrin district in northwestern Syria, medics and equipment have been sent to the border area to better handle wounded troops under a government initiative. Source: Xinhua | 2018/2/21 21:49:11

The Israeli opposition leader said on Wednesday that the country should prepare for elections in response to a series of corruption investigations relating to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Source: Xinhua | 2018/2/21 21:13:48

The clang of jackhammers and excavators fills the streets of Marib, an oil-rich Yemeni boomtown once accustomed to the sounds of war, now a rare oasis of stability in a country torn by strife. Source: AFP | 2018/2/21 19:33:40

The Libyan navy announced on Monday that 324 African and Arab migrants had been rescued after their two boats broke down off the coast of the western city of Zuwara, some 120 km west of the capital Tripoli. Source: Xinhua | 2018/2/20 12:39:31

Iran found the wreckage of the crashed Aseman Airlines ATR-72 plane on Monday and received condolences from Chinese, Russian and United Nations (UN) leaders for the victims of the incident and their families. Source: Xinhua | 2018/2/20 3:30:13

An Iranian passenger plane crashed into the Dena mountain on Sunday morning and all the 66 people on board were killed, Abed Zadeh, Chief of the Civil Aviation Organisation of Iran confirmed.
Source: Xinhua | 2018/2/18 17:57:40

An Iranian commercial plane with more than 50 people on board has crashed into the Zagros mountains in southern Iran, the country's Fars news agency reported on Sunday. Source: Xinhua | 2018/2/18 16:44:43

A US drone strike targeting a car killed three members of the Yemen-based al-Qaida branch, including a leader in the central province of al-Bayda on Saturday, a military official told Xinhua. Source: Xinhua | 2018/2/18 9:03:30